William Balfour

Jennifer Hudson said filming Spike Lee's "Chi-raq" movie reminded her of the murders of her mother, brother and nephew seven years ago in Chicago.

The South Side native plays a woman whose daughter is killed by a stray bullet while walking to school, she told Glamour magazine in a story posted online Wednesday. "Chi-raq" is a satire filmed in Chicago about women withholding sex until men stop committing violence.

"There's a scene where we're all holding up boards with (photos of) our slain children on...

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